Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-22
STATE ITEMS.


companies over & hoax recently per-
petrated upon them. A man looking
very like q tramp entered the Light
Horse Squadron ArInory during drill
and introduced himself as q regular
army officer on special secret duty in
the city. His announcement was the
signal for great rejoicing among the
citizen soldiers and he was made the
petted guest of the troop. He was
dined at the club, driven about the
city and treated generally in the most
giltedged way for several days, when
some leading questions from q retired
officer Of the regular army brought out
the fact that instead of being 8 "bOld
soldier boy" ne was civil engineer
out OF a job. 1t is rumored among
other things that he succeeded in Dor
rowing g number of small sums from
the infatuated mifitiamen.
THEODORE GRIsWOLD, one OF the old
time Racine boys, died at his home IN
Kansas, OF an abscess on the back.
Two tramps are in the Waukesha
Jail on suspicion of having robbed
Charles Kurtz, who lives about three
fourths Of a mile west of town, OF
some valuable gold jewelry, SIS in
money and other valuables.
EFFORTS are being made to raise
funds for the erection OF a memorial
hall at Racine College IN honor of it's
first warden, DR.. James De Koven.
The citizens OF Racine and others in
the state will be asked to contribute
TO the project.
JOIN SCHAFFER, wife and son, of
Prospect, Waukesha County, were
badly injured by a runaway team.
Mrs. SChaffer cannot live.
MARTIN SARzOsKI, q Polish laborer,
died N a Milwaukee hospital on the
10Th from the effects of q sunstroke.
THE coroner held an inquest on the
body of Fred. Altenbeck, who was
killed by the cars on the Chicago &
Northwestern tracks, at Milwaukee.
The jury returned verdict blaming the
railroad company for not keeping a flag
man at the crossing.
ANDREW Olson, a resident of Trues
dell. Kenosha County, was struck on the
forehead by horses forefoot and ter
rible cash was the result.
The annual reunion of the Old Set
tiers Society of Racine County, was
held in Sleeves grove, in the village of
Union Grove. The attendance was
larger than at any gathering held in
previous years, and fully 1900 people
were on the grounds. Officers elected:
President, Knud Adland; vice-presi-
dents; L. G. Osborne, Thaddeaus Earle
John Blaley and Thomas Adland; sec
rotary and treasurer, S. b. Peck; assist
ant treasurer. George Sleeves; execu-
tive committee, L. G. Osborne, chair
man, Liberty Fisk, Frank E. Hoyt, S.
II. Sleeves, A. L. Phillips and Daniel
Collar. The secretary's report showed
that thirteen of the members of the
society had died since the last meeting.
AQUEER case ofkleptomaniah has just
cometo light at Eau Claire. A young
man about %, of respectable family,
and previous good standing, is found
to have been Systematically robbing
certain drug stores there for about two
years past. Hewas allowed to go and
cone as he pleased IN the stores, and,
during the time named, he is believed
to have stolen in the daytime, about
a Thousand dollars worth of cigars,
perfumery, etc. Most OF mis- booty
was cigars, and he haslong astonished
his acquaintance by giving them
away everywhere by handfuls. On
account of his family he will not be
prosecuted.
THE work Of the commissioners ap-
pointed by the circuit court to correct
the readjustment errors in the state
and county taxes shows decreasefor
Racine OF $127, 402, Dover SIS. 347
and Mt. Pleasant, $124, 1872, making
2 total Of 5000, 941. The increase on
other towns are as follows: Burling-
ton, $1,126: Caledonia, S53, $50; Nor
way, $50, $50; Raymond, $19,483;
Rochester, SAG, 9S6; Waterford, S32,-
All; Yorkville, $33, 1866. The in
crease counter balances the decrease
on the other towns.
THE Chicago district camp meeting
OF the African Colored Methodist
Church will beheld at the fair grounds
in Madison the two weeks following
July IA.
LOUIS GRIEBEL, formerly resident
Of Racine, having been proprietor OF
the Commercial Hotel, died in Omaha,
Neb. He was q brother-in-law Of Aid.
Tldemann, Of Racine.
A NORWEGIAN residing at Blair,
Trempeaieau County, who has been
suffering for some time frem aberra-
ton Of the mind, deliberately shot
himself with O. rife Saturday morn
ing. The ball entered near the region
of the heart, inficting in all probabii-
ty O. fatal wound.
Two women recklesslv driving q
horse and buggy at Racine, ran over q
3-year-old child Of Andrew Lucksen,
managing it's head in shocking man
ner. The upper jaw was broken and
the flesh torn from the bones. The
attending physician has no hopes OF
the child's recovery.
ALBERT GATES, son of r. P. Gates,
OF Prairie du Chen, was killed in a
railroad accident at Florence, Neb
He was % years old.
COMPLAINT is made that Towering
plants are stolen from the graves in
the Sturgeon Bay cemetery.
4 CAMP OF the Order of Modern
Woodmen mas been established at La
Crosse, with twenty-five charter mem